Environment and Behavior articles from March 1998

Environment and Behavior archives from March 1998

The association of forest recreation with environmentalism.
March 1, 1998... Social scientific interest in people's attitudes toward the environment has grown substantially since the emergence of the environment as a salient public issue in the 1960s. One stream in this body of research has examined the effects that...

Age and gender-related differences in strategy use for route information: a "map-present" direction-giving paradigm.
March 1, 1998... Decrements in spatial competence appear to be a normal aging characteristic and can occur in the absence of cognitive or sensory impairment (Georgemiller & Hassan, 1986). It has been suggested (e g., Walsh, Krauss, & Regnier, 1981) that loss of...

Solid-waste recycling behavior and support for curbside textile recycling.
March 1, 1998... Textile recycling is the process of reclamation and use of products made from textile fibers. It occurs when a product made from a textile fiber, such as clothing, is donated to a charity organization; sold to a thrift shop or a consignment...

Preference for macrojustice versus microjustice in environmental decisions.
March 1, 1998... Environmental behaviors such as recycling have been a focus of psychological study for decades. More recently, interest in attitudes toward the natural environment has increased among psychological researchers. Although behavior is of clear...

Controversial facility siting in the urban environment: resident and planner perceptions in the United States.
March 1, 1998... Although controversy and conflict have historically accompanied facility siting, such conflict has noticeably been on the rise in the United States throughout the past decade. Community opposition has become such a common element of the...

An experimental analysis of the perception of the area of an open space using 3-D stereo dynamic graphics.
March 1, 1998... In a densely populated city such as Tokyo, open space is very precious; people feel as if open space were an oasis in a crowded, built-up environment With no budget constraints, it is thus desirable for people to have a large open space. In...

Bold Endeavors: Lessons from Polar and Space Exploration.
March 1, 1998... by Jack Stuster. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. L'homme Dans L'espace: Une Approche Psycho-Ecologique Des Vols Habites [Man in Space: A Psychoecological Approach to Manned Flight], by Jean Rivolier. Paris: Presses Universitaires...